5+ hour, 20+ min ago  (219+ words) Once again, there are too many things in Colorado Politics that are newsworthy and should be written about. Unless my kindly editor will allow me to write a book-length column this week? (Ed: not so much) Back when I was…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago  (676+ words) By many accounts, Colorado's 2026 legislative session was unusually quiet on oil-and-natural-gas policy. There was no sweeping new oil-and-natural-gas package. No major new production restrictions. After years of contentious energy debates dominating the Capitol, the relative quiet of this year's session…...

15+ hour, 59+ min ago  (677+ words) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a corrections bill that seeks to ease chronic overcrowding in state prisons by expanding earned'time credits and launching a new working group to overhaul population management. Senate Bill 159 establishes a working group to…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (412+ words) The Air Force Academy announced Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance will serve as the speaker for the academy's commencement ceremony May 28 at Falcon Stadium. Vance was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2025. He previously served as a U. S. senator from Ohio…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (731+ words) Really? This much hullabaloo over Tina Peters? We enjoy being distracted by the silliest things, don't we? Our governor's commutation of Peters' sentence is just that " a silly thing. Just as it was nonsensical for the "Free Tina Peters" crowd…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (890+ words) SIOUX FALLS " Nine Native American tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills. A small group of opponents…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (652+ words) The Gazette and the Centennial Institute are cosponsoring a Republican gubernatorial debate Tuesday at Colorado Christian University, featuring candidates state Rep. Scott Bottoms, a Colorado Springs pastor, and longtime GOP insider state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer. The debate will be moderated…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (664+ words) The Denver Gazette and the Centennial Institute are cosponsoring a Republican gubernatorial debate Tuesday at Colorado Christian University, featuring candidates Scott Bottoms, a Colorado Springs pastor, and longtime GOP insider Barb Kirkmeyer. The debate will be moderated by Shaun Boyd…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (970+ words) It seemed an itch that Gov. Jared Polis just had to scratch. After months of hints and speculation, Polis put his signature on a commutation of the prison sentence of Colorado's election-denying queen, former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. True,…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (808+ words) Forty-five years ago this week: While Republicans back in Colorado were fuming over the fact that Mary Estill Buchanan's divisive campaign had impeded them from defeating Democrat U. S. Sen. Gary Hart, the former Colorado secretary of state was nonetheless certain she…...